Brazil advances a bill to ban algorithmic stablecoins and force all domestic issuers to fully collateralize tokens, tightening rules in a market where stablecoins drive 90% of crypto flows. Brazil’s Congress has fired a clear warning shot at uncollateralized stablecoins,…

Payward’s Kraken unit posted $2.2b in 2025 adjusted revenue and $2t in trading volume, while LiquidChain launched a cross-chain Layer 3 touting 1,965% staking rewards. Payward Inc., the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, reported $2.2 billion in adjusted revenue…

SBI and Startale launched Strium, a Layer 1 for 24/7 tokenized securities trading, with a yen stablecoin and testnet slated for 2026 to plug into Asia’s capital markets. SBI Holdings and Startale Group announced the launch of Strium, a Layer…

Congress hears that Treasury can’t bail out Bitcoin or force banks to buy it, even as Trump’s strategic reserve keeps seized BTC that has swelled from $500m to $15b. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress on Wednesday that the…

AI agents will increasingly transact and interact on-chain, with blockchains providing identity, payments, and contract rails to prevent impersonation and automate tasks. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) stated that blockchain technology may serve a critical function in verifying artificial…

SoFi posts record quarter with $1B revenue, stronger crypto and payments push, and 2026 growth outlook as shares climb over 6% on guidance. SoFi Technologies Inc. reported its first billion-dollar revenue quarter and net income of $173.5 million in the…

Tron tightens its USDT lead over Ethereum as network activity and BTC reserve plans climb, yet TRX price lags, retracing into a multi‑month consolidation range. The Tron network has surpassed Ethereum in stablecoin supply, marking a shift in the competitive…

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs log $545M in daily outflows as BTC, ETH, and SOL slip, exposing how concentrated ETF ownership can amplify downside in a risk-off tape. U.S. spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs just logged another sharp outflow day, underscoring how…

XRP price has crashed nearly 50% since Q4 2025, yet over 500k new wallets pushed the ledger above 7.5m accounts, creating a sharp divergence between price and participation. XRP’s (XRP) price has been gutted; its network has not. Despite a…

Ethereum’s price crash leaves ETH stuck in a firm downtrend, with negative flows and weak momentum making a sustained reclaim of $3,000 in February increasingly unlikely. Ethereum’s (ETH) price and latest selloff has left investors nursing losses and staring down…

Base restored network stability after a misconfigured transaction propagation change caused January congestion, drops, and delays; a month-long pipeline fix is planned. Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network backed by Coinbase, restored network stability following transaction delays and elevated transaction drops…

Ark Invest bought Coinbase, Block, Bullish, Circle and Bitmine as Bitcoin and Ether traded below key moving averages, with sentiment weak but long‑term theses intact. Ark Invest has purchased shares of multiple cryptocurrency-focused companies as digital asset markets continue to…

Crash playbook: avoid panic selling, rebalance into BTC, ETH and quality names, buy dips with a plan, harden security, and treat this drawdown as paid education. When crypto markets crash, most portfolios don’t just dip — they implode. Prices gap…

LiquidChain launches a Layer 3 cross-chain platform linking Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, advertising 1,965% staking rewards and positioning itself as a bridge alternative. Payward Inc., the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, reported $2.2 billion in adjusted revenue for 2025,…

US prosecutors say the Taiwanese founder of Incognito, a dark web drug market using crypto, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a New York court. A Taiwanese national received a 30-year prison sentence Tuesday for operating an…

Binance led January’s proof-of-reserve rankings with $155.6b in assets, far ahead of OKX, Bybit, and smaller rivals, highlighting a tiered exchange reserve structure. Binance ranked first among major cryptocurrency exchanges in January 2026 reserve holdings with $155.6 billion in assets,…

MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor frames Bitcoin’s sharp drawdowns as “Satoshi’s gift,” arguing volatility rewards long-term holders, not short-term traders. MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor addressed Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatility with remarks positioning price instability as an inherent characteristic of the digital asset…

Franklin Templeton maps a wallet-native future where tokenized stocks, bonds, and funds sit in digital wallets, cutting costs and speeding collateral and settlement. Franklin Templeton executives outlined a vision for digital wallet-based finance at the Ondo Summit in New York…

Aave will shut down its Family wallet, retire the Avara brand, and consolidate under Aave Labs after governance strife, SEC closure, and MiCA authorization. Aave (AAVE) founder Stani Kulechov announced the decentralized finance protocol will wind down its Family iOS…

Changpeng Zhao warns of an AI-powered impersonation scam on X using fake photos from a BNB Chain Korea event, urging users to verify accounts and watch for deepfake tells. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has alerted users to a scam operation…

Crypto winter since Jan 2025, masked by ETF demand, now nearing late-stage exhaustion. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has characterized the current cryptocurrency market conditions as a full-scale bear market that began in January 2025, according to a recent…